| WEALDEN | District in East Sussex whose administrative centre is Hailsham (7) |
| HASTINGS | Seaside town and Cinque Port in East Sussex whose history, including its now-ruined Norman motte and bailey castle established by William the Conqueror in 1066, is stitched into the very fabric of the |
| LEWIS | Local government district in East Sussex (5) |
| THEMERMAIDINN | Black and white timber-framed hotel in Rye, East Sussex, whose cellars date from 1156 |
| SIBERIA | Russian administrative district whose administrative centre is Novosibirsk (7) |
| CUMBRIA | Non-metropolitan county of NW England whose administrative centre is Carlisle (7) |
| ANDBUTE | Unitary authority in W Scotland whose administrative centre is Lochgilphead (6,3,4) |
| NORFOLK | County of England whose administrative centre is Norwich (7) |
| SUFFOLK | English county whose administrative centre is Ipswich (7) |
| CRAWLEY | Town in West Sussex whose name is echoed within the walls of Lord Grantham's magnificent ancestral castle, Downton Abbey (7) |
| COWDRAY | 16,500-acre country estate in Midhurst, West Sussex whose polo club hosts the annual Gold Cup (7) |
| QUINTIN | Late Conservative politician who disclaimed the title 2nd Viscount Hailsham in 1963 (7,4) |
| WESTHAM | District in East London (4.3) |
| WESTERNISLES | Council authority in Scotland whose administrative centre is Stornoway (7,5) |
| WIGHT | Isle of ___, island in the English Channel whose administrative centre is Newport (5) |
| SEDGEMOOR | Local government district of Somerset whose administrative centre is Bridgwater |
| ARGYLL | Unitary authority in W Scotland whose administrative centre is Lochgilphead (6,3,4) |
| POWYS | Principal area in Wales whose administrative centre is Llandrindod Wells (5) |
| DORSET | County in England whose administrative centre is Dorchester (6) |
| WESTSUSSEX | English county whose administrative centre is Chichester (4,6) |
